Body Double

Where we go depends upon where we know. And where we know depends upon where we go,”

Is that love or obsession I’m looking at? she wondered.

Sometimes, you couldn’t tell the difference.

Even divorce, she thought, cannot erase all the bonds forged by years of marriage. Long after the papers are signed, decrees notarized, the ties still remain. And the most powerful tie of all is written in a child’s flesh and blood.

I’ll take care of you.

Isn’t that what we all want?

She did not trust her own judgment when it came to men. The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all

There is no such thing as a sixth sense that tells us when others are staring at us. We don’t feel the stalker’s gaze on our backs; only at the instant when he makes his move do we realize he’s there